After ballet class, Ella Bella listens to music from The Sleeping Beauty ballet and is transported into the story where she and Lilac Fairy help the prince find Princess Aurora.

Set in wintry Russia, this classic Christmas fantasy features young Marie experiencing the magic of toys and animals and the Snow Princess coming to life. "With E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 story the Nutcracker and the Mouse King and memories of the Nutcracker ballet as her guide, this book is Jan Brett's visualization of Tchaikovsky's music. From the 'Overture in Miniature' during the Christmas Eve party, the 'March' that leads to the battle against the...